When I think about Labor Day it makes me
think about work. Then that makes me think about money, which I’m not a fan of
but that’s for another blog post. Then I think about everything I have to do
with that money and the time it’ll take me to do what I need to do. I get
stressed then tired and I need to lay down. True, on Labor Day I don’t usually
have to work but still.
So my
question is why do I feel that way? Isn’t work supposed to be a good thing? I
mean Colossians 3:23 tells us to work for the Lord. Proverbs 13:4 tells us that
we need to be diligent and not sluggish in our work. If we do not work then we
cannot survive; therefore, we cannot tell others about our faith in Jesus
Christ. Which leads me to think about Faith.
Why do we do what
we do? Yes, society wants us to work because it makes our country grow. But, I
do what I do for the Lord. I do everything I can because of my faith in Him and
for His glory. But what is faith? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary
faith is “strong belief or trust in someone or something.” All it takes for us
to gain eternal life is for us to accept Christ into our hearts and have faith
in Him. But, how do we show that we have faith?
Most of you have
probably heard the argument about faith and works. James 2:26 says: “For as the
body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.”
That makes it seem like we need to work in order to gain eternal life; but that
is not what this passage is saying. In order to show that we have faith in
Jesus Christ we need to follow him. In order to follow Christ we need to listen
to him and follow his commandments. How do we follow his commandments? We do
that by reading the word and following it. Which means, that people will know
we are Christians by how we act and what we do. This is why the faith without
works argument is so important. We can have faith in Christ and not do good
works; but then that means we are not listening to our master/God. Thus, we do
not have faith in him.
So on Labor Day I
want you to think about work. I know right, this girl is making me think about
that place on my day off. Yes, I am; because I want you to think about how you
treat your job and how you act when you are there. Would your co-workers say
that there is something different about you? Do you put your heart and soul
into what you do? Are you a servant when you are at work? Can people tell that
you have faith in Christ by your works?
James 2:26, Colossians 3:23,
Proverbs 13:4
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